"Governor Renault" Cuomo Shocked To Learn Of Pay Increases and Missing Budgets From State Authorities

   Andrew Cuomo and The Albany Follies are remaking "Casablanca" and will highlight Andrew Cuomo's starring role as the modern Captain Renault.

          The Original Casablanca script:

Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
a croupier hands Renault a pile of money
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: Oh, thank you very much.  

       The Andrew Cuomo Albany Follies includes several remakes of that same scene in Casablanca, starring the handsome Andrew Cuomo in uniform as a modern Captain Renault,  "Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he heard of raises to some State Police top brass, first reported by WNYT last night and the New York Post this morning, with “surprise and shock.”    And there was more shock, "The recently created Authorities Budget Office has released its tally of the state and local authorities that have not filed a budget, annual and/or audit report for the most recent reporting period, as required by Public Authorities Law."   And more shock, after Cuomo announced 5% reductions, ""Richard Bamberger, who has served as director of communications for Andrew Cuomo. ..was paid $140,000 in the office of attorney general, and is now up to $169,100."  And more shock, "Paterson announced a hard line hiring freeze in July, only to find out in October that 31,684 new employees had been added to the state payroll."


        The Original Casablanca Script:
Captain Renault: Oh no, Emil, please. A bottle of your best champagne, and put it on my bill.
Emil: Very well, sir.
Victor Laszlo: Captain, please...
Captain Renault: Oh, please, monsieur. It is a little game we play. They put it on the bill, I tear up the bill. It is very convenient. 

     And the Albany Follies knows how the game is played and "Governor Renault" Cuomo knows who pays the bills as, "Nearly half of the people on Cuomo's transition team and economic advisory council either are registered lobbyists themselves or work for organizations that lobby New York's state government."
 Yawn, where's the vaudeville hook?